How J. Edgar Hoover transformed the FBI into a law-and-order machine against our enemies
When Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son was kidnapped in 1932 and his corpse was found two months later, it was considered the crime of the century. It took nearly three years before the boy’s abductor was caught, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation had nothing to do with the investigation or arrest, for two reasons. First, kidnapping … Read more
